or it will give president romney the chance to possibly shift the balance. anyone replacing justice kennedy was certainly affect the balance, make it a solid liberal are solidly conservative court. >> he said retirement during this term, my prediction would be none. they all seem to be pretty healthy. >> they can all say it will be great to have so and so replace me. for years is a long time. -- four years is a long time. >> will you join me in thanking our panelists. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> you can watch this whole event and other previews of the upcoming term as well as listen to oral arguments from past supreme court meetings at c- span. >> in d.c., it is an annual event. decelerates did -- we celebrated to mark the court new term. this tradition began back in 1953 by the john carroll society to seek blessings for all those involved in the administration of the law. the man comes from the ones held by the clergy. here are some of the attendees. it was he